[RFC] time to move to github?

Trevor Vaughan tvaughan at onyxpoint.com
Mon Feb 17 20:30:06 UTC 2014


I must say that I'm a big fan of GitHub in general.

The SSH key migration issue isn't much of an issue as the startup guide
easily runs you through the steps.

Not hosted by RedHat is kind of a pro/con. On the one hand, you might end
up with some brand diminishing but, on the other, you might end up with
more people using other OSs contributing to the project. When things are in
FedoraHosted, they tend to be thought of as Red Hat only. (This is a
community pro, not necessarily a Red Hat pro).

Also, with their recent team-up with Gerrit http://gerrithub.io/, I'm even
more of a fan.

I will say that I've found more projects just trolling through GitHub than
I have FedoraHosted.

Trevor



On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 4:03 PM, Shawn Wells <shawn at redhat.com> wrote:

> As the SSG development community grows, so does the need for matured tools
> and workflow. There's been some discussion of moving to GitHub.
>
> On the pro side:
>     * Easier to signup and request commit access
>     * Most committers likely to have GitHub account for other projects
> anyway
>     * Easier for community to fork SSG code (e.g. gitmachines project)
>     * Dramatically better ticketing system
>             - labels
>             - user-friendly GUI
>             - git commit hooks (put ticket # in patch title, auto resolves
> ticket)
>             - multi-developer collaboration on tickets easier through
> @name calls
>     * "Pull Request" concept: Patches centrally managed and merged,
> ensures no missed patches on mailing list
>     * Simplified branching (e.g. allows a -stable and -dev branch).
> Possible on FedoraHosted, not as intuitive
>     * Increased reliability of infrastructure (especially latency of git
> pulls)
>
> On the cons:
>     * Slight developer hassle to migrate SSH keys
>     * "Not hosted by RedHat" -- concern from some that migrating from a
> redhat/fedora hosted URL will diminish project brand.
>
> What does everyone think?
>
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